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This textbook is an open educational resource (OER) with CC-BY licensing developed for students in the Wisconsin Technical College System’s Nursing Assistant program (30-543-300). The Nursing Assistant program prepares students for employment as nursing assistants, as well as for entry to other health-related programs. Students are required to demonstrate the following skills under the supervision of a licensed nurse upon completion of the course: communication, basic nursing assistant and personal care skills, attention to clients’ rights, and care of clients with dementias. The program is recognized by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services as a nurse aide training program. Upon successful completion of the program, the student is eligible to take the Wisconsin Nursing Assistant competency evaluation for inclusion on the Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry and employment in nursing homes, hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, community based residential facilities, assisted living centers, and homes for the developmentally disabled.

Chippewa Valley Technical College created this OER with Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF) by using Open RN workflows and remixing Open RN OER textbooks. The Open RN project is supported by a $2.5 million grant from the Department of Education. More information about the Open RN project can be found at cvtc.edu/OpenRN.

This e-book is available for free online and can also be downloaded in multiple formats for offline use. The online version is required for interaction with adaptive learning activities included in each chapter. The following video provides a quick overview of how to navigate the online version.

One or more interactive elements has been excluded from this version of the text. You can view them online here: https://wtcs.pressbooks.pub/nurseassist/?p=4#oembed-1